Climate averages 1991–2020
Myŏnggan-dong weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Myŏnggan-dong: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hwasŏng (13 km away). In March its highs average 4.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Myŏnggan-dong, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Myŏnggan-dong ranks 35th of 38 for the warmest March highs and joint 23rd of 38 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 38 cities is 7.6°C; Myŏnggan-dong is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.1°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Myŏnggan-dong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.6°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | -1.1°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 24 | 5.4 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 4.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 31 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 73 | 11.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 77 | 12.5 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 143 | 15.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 25.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 173 | 16.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 109 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 55 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 50 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | -0.9°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 40 | 8.8 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Hwasŏng in MarchNorth Korea · 13 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Ŏrang in MarchNorth Korea · 37 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -4.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Chongjin in MarchNorth Korea · 77 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -4.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Changam-ch’on in MarchNorth Korea · 84 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -4.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Hyesan in MarchNorth Korea · 114 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -9.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Helong in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -8.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Sinp’o in MarchNorth Korea · 164 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Ŭndŏk in MarchNorth Korea · 169 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 25 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Myŏnggan-dong) is explained once on the Myŏnggan-dong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Hwasŏng lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.